An outbreak of aggressive feather pecking and cannibalism in a flock of laying hens involved in a government-backed trial could derail plans to ban beak trimming in the UK as of 2016. Twenty flocks ...

Compassion in World Farming has condemned a government advisory body for recommending a delay to the 2011 ban on beak trimming for layers. In a recent letter to DEFRA minister Jim Fitzpatrick, the ...

Almost 600,000 laying hens in Lower Saxony have been included in applications for a new initiative to improve bird welfare, including an end to beak-trimming. According to agriculture minister of ...

The government will not ban the controversial trimming of hens’ beaks despite criticism from animal welfare campaigners. Farming minister George Eustice said this week he fully accepted the ...

Research carried out at Bristol into the impact of a ban on beak trimming has been instrumental in governmental decision in 2016 not to proceed with a ban. Results of an intact beak trial demonstrated ...